A Little More Silver In Spite of a Confrontation With a Very ANGRY Woman.....

[Garrett424]

I hit one of my standby sports fields this afternoon for a few hours. Not long into the hunt a very unattractive woman with a bad attitude and her little dog approached me in a very rude and angry way. The dog seemed cool but she sure didn't. She got all up in my face and started hurling false accusations at me before I could even say a word.

She accused me of digging holes so big that when she "walk over one" "she sink" (her words not mine). I've never once seen that woman anywhere near that field in all the times I've been there. I'm not convinced she could even make it across that field. She wasn't exactly the athletic type if you get my drift.

After POLITELY informing her that I'm very good at what I do and never leave holes in any field to no avail, I reached into my wallet, pulled out a 50 dollar bill and told her if she could find just ONE hole in that field left by me it was hers, no questions asked.

She declined my challenge as expected. I pride myself on digging neat plugs and carefully replacing them so you can't even tell. If it's too dry I don't dig; period. I always respect the field and try to leave it better than I found it.

After listening to her whine a little more I finally told her that we both know she's lying, that she never sunk in any holes and that I would appreciate her minding her business and I'll mind mine, just as I was before she tried to pick a fight with me. I said if she has a problem with that she's welcome to call the cops and I'd be more than happy to discuss the situation with both she and them.

I also informed her of the HUGE amount of trash I've gotten off of the field including large hunks of glass, huge nails and other sharp metal debris, thus preventing potential accidents and injuries to the kids who play there. Then I smiled, bid her goodbye, wished her a nice evening and walked away. Apparently that was the end of that because no cops showed up.

She was SO rude. I'm the nicest guy in the world but I don't take any crap off of anybody; especially when I haven't done a damn thing wrong.

I talk to many people on that field all the time and everyone gets along just fine. I let the little kids follow me around and give them coins I dig up. It only takes one busybody to start unnecessary trouble.

So anyway, I went back to my hunt and after digging another pile of clad and trash, I got a nice high hit and dug up a little silver piece with the letter "M" on it (or "W", depending on which way you look at it). Not two minutes later about 5 feet away I dug up another one with the letter "C", one marked "Ale S.925" and the other .925.

I looked up the marks and apparently this is Pandora Jewelry and the "ALE" stands for "Algot Enevoldsen", the father of Per Enevoldsen, founder of Pandora Jewelry (according to their website). Their stuff looks pretty pricey from what I've seen so far.



These things look like they were either part of a necklace or bracelet. They're small but nice and heavy. They definitely saved the hunt today and I'm real happy with them. I looked around for more but they were nowhere to be found. I was hoping whoever lost them had a really long name.

Then there was the clad; the oldest coin being a 1962 penny and a flower hairpin :



Overall, a pretty good little hunt in spite of the unfortunate episode with the angry woman. I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. I've had a few minor incidents but this is the first time anyone just started jumping all over me out of the blue like that.

Thanks for lookin' & HH

 

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[rhedden]

If she really was as big and heavy as you say, I pity the poor little chipmunks and gophers whose holes she stepped in.

 

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[Garrett424]

If she really was as big and heavy as you say, I pity the poor little chipmunks and gophers whose holes she stepped in.

Well she wasn't as big as the one in that picture.
I merely said she "wasn't the athletic type" and the story began to take on a life of it's own.

Let's say she was a fair amount above average; weight wise that is. I have to say she was more unattractive than she was heavy and her nasty attitude played a huge part in her overall unattractiveness.

I've known a few "beautiful" women whose attitudes made them uglier than most.
Beauty truly is only skin deep.

 

[Limitool]

You snake.

Of course, if the shoe fits..... She did claim to be as wily as a coyote;....... I mean a fox.

That spray is REALLY nasty stuff too. There's no way to miss it. I almost barfed the first time I got a whiff.

I wonder if she ever figured it out??

Nope.... But rest assured when I had my back turned doing my job I could tell when she walked by. Your right... that stuff is REALLY nasty!!! I told nobody that night. But every time she went off the deep end.... she'd stink! She was a s l o w learner.

 

[nsdq]

Good hunt, glad you handled the ( Bear ) without drawing blood

 

[Msbeepbeep]

What can I say.......

Just a heads up,- the FDA just approved female Viagra....have your running shoes on if your going back to that park!
Just say'n, don't want to lose an MD'er!

 

[mcl]

Great find, worth much more than its melt value as I'm sure you've seen. You handled that individual well, nice work.

 

[basque-man]

Great story!! You certainly did a good job attempting to educate this fruit cake and had a lot more patients then I would have. This is part of the reason we stay as far away from the living as possible...

20 Minutes out my door and this is my happy place!!!

 

[corpsman]

some people just can't mind their own business. it's like it hurts them to see someone else enjoying themselves. I applaud you for doing the right thing. I probably wouldn't have been that patient. I would have been polite at first, then I would probably have used several colorful words to tell her what she can do.

 

[Limitool]

some people just can't mind their own business. it's like it hurts them to see someone else enjoying themselves. I applaud you for doing the right thing. I probably wouldn't have been that patient. I would have been polite at first, then I would probably have used several colorful words to tell her what she can do.

Mr. corpsman from Nashville.... I live just a few miles southeast of ya and I totally agree. "Colorful" words would have been forthcoming from me also. Wanna MD out in this area buddy?

EDIT: southwest of ya! I'll guarantee some OLD iron horseshoes at the least!!!!!

 

[Garrett424]

Great story!! You certainly did a good job attempting to educate this fruit cake and had a lot more patients then I would have. This is part of the reason we stay as far away from the living as possible...

20 Minutes out my door and this is my happy place!!!

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I can't believe what a commotion this thread has created.

That's a beautiful happy place you got there btw.

I also agree that it's often very wise to "stay away from the living.
I refer to it as "keeping a low profile" and is why I typically hunt alone; curious kids notwithstanding.

 

[Garrett424]

some people just can't mind their own business. it's like it hurts them to see someone else enjoying themselves. I applaud you for doing the right thing. I probably wouldn't have been that patient. I would have been polite at first, then I would probably have used several colorful words to tell her what she can do.

I always try to keep my cool if at all possible.

I try and live by the adage of, "Don't s*it where you eat". IOW, I don't wanna' piss off the locals and wreck my chances of hunting a spot that's yielded so much treasure.

Taking a bit of flack on rare occasions is a small price to pay for the silver and gold I've pulled from that field over the last year.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

It is a little ironic, we are out enjoying ourselves, getting some peace of mind, a little exercise, and a few people feel they can accost us verbally because, and only because, we have our detectors with us.
They pay no attention to people walking around.
Maybe the radio frequency sets something off in their brains.